Archive for February, 2007

This Markus Zusak (I’m thinking pen name) 2002 book won the American Library Association’s Michael L. Prinz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.  There’s a big silver P on the cover.  I read it on the recommendation of a friend and her daughter, thinking it might be worth including in my Adolescent Lit... more »

I have some experience with what Dave grapples with in this piece.  I’m a man.  I have a wife, Sherry.  Sherry asks me regularly about her hair.  Writes Barry, “If you’re a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you’re in big trouble. Back in 1987, there was one perm Sherry got that I... more »

OK, so everyone else was reading this eight years ago.  It’s true, my reading list is behind the curve.  I get around to the hot books somewhere between eight and forty years after my sister’s book club.  My reading list is determined more by what I trip over than what I intentionally set out to... more »

Remember those goals that were due Week 4?  Rewrite them, or copy and paste them, into a blog entry.  Update them if they need updating.  To write something, from your Dashboard, choose Write. Under Write, choose Write Post Title your post (in this case Goals) Remember to choose your category (in this case FYE 1000) from the category... more »

From your Dashboard, choose Manage.  Under Manage, choose Categories.  There, choose Create New Category. Create a category called FYE 1000. Create other categories that you might see yourself using.  For example, if you’re into music and you can see yourself writing about music, create a Music category. more »

At my semi-annual dental checkup last week, I put my hygenist to the test.  She and her kind have been harping about flossing for decades.  I heed the brow-beating each time, too.  Authority figures in flowery smocks make me termble.  I heed them for about a week; then my memory fades and my flossing... more »

I’ve asked my Comp 1 and Intro to College students to start blogs this week.  I didn’t really explain why very well. If you’re a Comp 1 student, your blog is primarily a place to do some journalling, but in a fairly public setting.  Starting next week, you’ll be required to post at least once a week.  The post should... more »